Using 1P and 2P Joysticks for P1 in Mame?

Floob

@jimd0586 said in Using 1P and 2P Joysticks for P1 in Mame?:

I was just gonna ask about that... I added a USB powered light strip to light my marquee. I knew it would draw power but now I'm seeing that rainbow square more often. I also noticed that MAME Sunset Riders is even slowing down a bit... I have the pi3 overclocked to 1350(as high as I could get and run stable). Should I reduce fps or resolution for my emulators or should I unplug the light strip?

I think unplugging the strip might help but ultimately I still have slowdowns in some games regardless. Any tips to get slower games and emulators to run better?

N64 is a good example, but some other emulators like MAME and FBA still lag a bit.

Any help appreciated. @Floob @Riverstorm

I'd make sure your Pi3 has the right PSU - 5.1v 2.5A
http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/plug-in-power-supply/9098126/

I dont overclock mine (or play N64), but if you want to run N64 a little smoother its worth checking the thread Riverstorm mentioned.
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/140/how-to-use-overclock-and-mupen-core-options-to-significantly-increase-64-game-playability-quality-and-stability

For MAME, I would check which emulators support that game, and try them all.
For example Sunset Riders has been supported for quite a while:
http://www.progettoemma.net/index.php?gioco=ssriders&lang=en

So more than one of the MAME emulators may play this - e.g. often mame4all is faster than lr-fba-next for example.
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Managing-ROMs

jimd0586

Thanks you two. Honestly, you guys are a big help.